CV: Young Graduate Trainee Navigation at ESA

Work Experience and Accomplishments

09/2007 – 08/2008     Young Graduate Trainee, European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Navigation Applications and User Services Office: Investigations on European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, measuring EGNOS performance in clear-sky as well as urban environments, project management for future global navigation satellite systems, responsible for answering ESA navigation help desk, organizing and participating in meetings with space industry.

08/2005 – 02/2006     Intern, Volkswagen de México, S.A. de C.V., Puebla, Mexico

Project management New Beetle: Created idea catalogue for future models; coordinated model changes; developed technical product descriptions; created summarizing minutes and agendas of Spanish meetings; composed presentations and translations for Volkswagen Germany and Mexico.

07/2004 – 09/2004     Intern, MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Munich, Germany

Aerodynamics and Performance: Developed a report generation system for visualization and comparison of aircraft engines’ physical data in order to streamline development processes

10/2003 – 10/2004     Project member, EADS Germany GmbH and University of Applied Sciences of Muenster, Germany

Idea development for the application of Galileo navigation data; Finalist of the Galileo Masters Competition of the German Aerospace Centre DLR

05/2003 – 07/2005     Vice Chairman, Students’ enterprise consultancy hepton e.V., Germany

Responsible for finance; created marketing concepts, market research and advertising strategies

05/2003 – 07/2005     Student Assistant, University of Applied Sciences of Muenster

Marketing Research Competence Centre MRC²; measuring advertising awareness with view recognition systems; international marketing; market research

01/1997     Intern, EDAG Engineering + Design AG, Fulda, Germany

Technical Drawing

Education

10/2002 – 02/2007     Muenster University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Graduation in Industrial Engineering majoring in Physical Technologies

Fields of study: mechatronics, sensor technology, robotics, analogue and digital technology, innovation and idea management, automation, marketing, business administration etc.; thesis: marketing concept for increasing the acceptance of the electronic flight ticket etix® of Lufthansa German Airlines

07/2001 – 05/2002     Civilian Service, St. Antoniusheim gGmbH, Fulda, Germany

Driving service for handicapped persons, in charge of planning and logistics, software development

1992 – 2001    Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium (Grammar School), Fulda, Germany

08/1998 – 04/1999 Project at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany: Development of a climate control

Further Training

10/2007           University of Southampton: Introduction to Space Systems Engineering

Languages                

German: native speaker

English: fluent

Spanish: advanced knowledge

IT Skills

Software: Microsoft Windows, Office, Project and Visio; Adobe GoLive, Photoshop and Premiere; Corel Graphics Suite, Lotus Notes, MATLAB, Derive, Tecplot, SPSS, Web design, image editing; basic knowledge in Macromedia Flash, AutoCAD, CATIA, and Linux

Programming: HTML, CSS, SQL, PHP, Java Standard Edition, Java Micro Edition, JavaScript, Visual Basic, C++, Qt, Turbo Pascal

Interests        

Snowboarding, kite surfing, inline skating, design, usability, travelling and cultures all over the world